russian prime minister vladimir putin has been criticizing europe's idea of implementing the so-called third energy package the europeans want to diversify energy market aimed at creating equal competitive conditions for oil and gas suppliers but putin says this will deter investors from pumping money into the new gas projects but some critics are saying guess prom state of affairs is far from ideal the monopolies biggest foreign shareholder the german consarn on he's planning to sell its gazprom shares worth five billion dollars on the other hand more european countries are planning to join the russian gas exporters south stream project. mr millet of welcome to the show thank you very much thank you very much for being with us welcome. the eve of his visit to germany and prime minister putin shared his views with. germany and their article which is called russia and europe from learning the crisis lessons to a new agenda in partnership it reads i quote in a few years we will have worn interest share and a deficit of energy resources that means high prices for european consumers and qu

russian prime minister vladimir putin visits berlin with a vision of big trade and economic cooperation. and more pressure o europe's single currency as markets ask -- will portugal be next on the bailout list? north korea has warned that joint u.s./south korean military exercises in the yellow sea planned for sunday could put the peninsula "on the brink of war." china, the north's sole major ally, also warned against any military activity, repeatingits opposition to the scheduled war games. p'yongyang has been holding its own war drills with in the south korean island it shelved earlier this week. >> south korean soldiers are on high alert, keeping a close watch on their counterparts across the border. on friday, signs of artillery fire on the northern side spread fears of a fresh attack, attackseoul said no rounds landed on territory. south korea had increased troop numbers after its military was criticized for what some called a weak response to the incident. it has also changed its rules of engagement to allow a more forceful response in future. two south korean soldiers and two civ

should dramatically increase their economic cooperation the message from russian prime minister vladimir putin to some of the some of germany's top industrialists business form. has been following discussions now joins us live with more details on this hello to you tell us what's been going on at the form itself. well so far it's been quite a busy for one of the discussions is going on as we speak russia's prime minister vladimir putin is currently meeting with germany's business elite and the discussion at the moment has gone a little bit beyond just business. was asked what are the biggest problems in the world that he currently sees right now he said that this is terrorism this is a racial and religious hatred and economic inefficiency says that the last year and two years have shown that some of the decisions made by some of the global business leaders had had a devastating effect on the economy and there should be definitely more economic efficiency in the global economy now previously before that meeting. at the former focusing on the cooperation between russia and the european union cal

here in moscow good to have you with us the russian prime minister vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel have pledged to strengthen economic ties between their countries they've been addressing the media after talks.

russian prime minister vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel have pledged to strengthen economic ties between their countries the announcement came during putin's visit to berlin from where ego to his going off joins me now to go to it seems that russia and germany are keen to cooperate in almost everything from gas to access to the world trade organization. well you're absolutely right judging by what we've heard today in berlin on friday russia and germany are continuing to move closer together any increasing and increasing cooperation which means russia and the european union are moving towards each other as well russia's prime minister vladimir putin and the german chancellor ongoing miracle have been discussing joint ventures and projects in many spears like energy and car making and other sectors joint projects joint investments both in business and inside of science but even talked about the possibility of a. currency union of course that is something which is really far away at the moment hard to imagine right now but both leader both of them have knowledged that

dramatically increase their economic cooperation that's the message from russian prime minister vladimir putin to some of germany's top industrialists at a business forum in but when you've got a piece going off has been following the talks. but you know putting me to. a speech at the forum focusing on the cooperation between russia and the european union calling for more cooperation and more ties in fact he said that if russia and the european union want to stay competitive in the world in the international economy of an it is vital for both to work together he also called european partners not to hamper cooperation between european companies and russian companies once again he talked about creating a free economic zone the free trade zone between russia and the european union from long to avoid us talk and hold the international community was specifically business elites here in germany and the european union to put their efforts together in order to sort of the remaining problems many of which are still quite visible here in europe and in russia as well but let's listen to what was going to

still to come stories inside vladimir putin's come into russia. >> and the people of sudan are to choose whether they will start a new country. whether the south breaks away from the arab-dominated north. there are fears it could cause instability. on tuesday, our east africa will ross reported on how the ref ren dumb is being seen in the knot. today he reports from jufea, the main city in the south of sudan. >> the national anthem for a country that does not yet exist. but there's plenty of thought here that a new south sudan is about to be born. >> they want millions who shed their blood for the sake of freedom, justice, liberty and equality. >> for decades, the people of southern sudan with their traditional and christian beliefs fought a war of domination by the knot. it caused millions to die. >> when the war ended just over five years ago, the development began but progress has been show. this is where the tarmac ends on the main town in the south of southern sudan. right across the south of the country there are left than 50 kilometers of tarred road. it's not a question of rebuil

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that is according to the russian prime minister vladimir putin.ssued a warning at unprecedented summit aiming to save the animal from extinction. the global tiger summit in st. petersburg is the first-ever meeting of world leaders devoted to saving tigers and has worked out a plan to double the numbers. >> a century ago, an estimated 100,000 tigers still live in the wild. today, as few as 30 two hundred remain. the big cat's dwindling numbers have been the focus of an unprecedented summit in st. petersburg. >> this is not just about the tiger. it is about our understanding as government leaders how important it is to protect nature. >> vladimir putin has announced tougher penalties for poachers and smugglers. russia also plans to partner with china in setting up a protected zone for the animals that spans the two countries' borders. china is one place where the booming trade in illegal tiger parts which are thought to bring good luck or have medicinal properties. >> we have to react, work together, and decide on concrete steps to save the tiger. >

the former oil magnate attacked prime minister vladimir putin and said his trial was a symbol of government arbitrariness. >> the trial was corrupt from the start, in fact and in law. the prosecution is furious and the evidence were fact. >> he is accused of stealing more than 200 million tons of oil from his own company. international observers think the second indictment is a response to his political ambitions. >> this trial is based on such an obviously absurd foundation. if it ends with a conviction of the accused, that means there is no reliable legal protection in russia. >> the court will announce its ruling in mid december. if found guilty, mikhail khodorkovsky could face another seven years in prison. >> he tried to launch an attack on the politics of vladimir putin. few people in moscow believe the judge is immune to political pressure. this is a test of president medvedev's commitment to the rule of law. >> nato should expand its coopation with china, according to journalist zu guttenberg, now on a visit to berlin -- to beijing. he says the government should work together piracy

a possible currency union between russia and the european union russian prime minister vladimir putin pledges closer ties with germany but not all the talk is so serious. i join to understand what you're going to use for his sake you don't develop you need to keep talent what are you going to use for i would. have been had he been able to look tell me the earth for the last five months three astronauts finally have their feet back on it again after returning from the international space station. and stalin gave the order. the us is. responsible for the cancer and which nearly twenty thousand people. around the clock around the world.

currency union between russia and the european union is a possibility the russian prime minister vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel have admitted the statement was made during putin's visit to germany on friday and russian premier said the euro is much more reliable than the dollar despite current difficulties in the region putin also said he no longer sees any obstacles to russia's accession to the world trade organization russia and germany agreed to clear the park to increase business loans and to develop science and technology together and in a meeting with german businessmen the russian pm managed to lighten the serious mood over energy supplies. so the german community doesn't like nuclear power i don't want to make any comments. don't understand what you're going to use for heating you don't want gas you don't develop your nuclear power what are you going to use words like that a lot of it have to get out from siberia two. of the police. this week russia decided to give more help to nato struggling campaign in afghanistan it agreed to allow the alliance to transport armor

where prime minister vladimir putin also raised a few locks.don't understand what you're going to use for he see you don't develop your new. use firewood. having only been able to look down on the earth for the last five months three astronauts finally have their feet back on again after returning from the international space station. and stalin gave the order. the u.s.s.r. leadership was responsible for the captain massacre in which nearly twenty thousand potest people look.

currency union between russia and the european union is a possibility russian prime minister vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel have now admitted the statement was made during putin's visit to germany on friday the russian premier said the euro is much more reliable than the dollar despite current difficulties in the region putin also said he no longer sees any obstacles to russia's accession to the world trade organization russia and germany agreed to clear the path to increase business links and to develop science and technology together and in a meeting with german businessmen the russian prime minister managed to lighten the serious mood over energy supply. so the german community doesn't know nuclear power i do want to make any comments i. don't understand what you're going to use for heating. he don't develop new nuclear power what are you going to use he would. have to get them to. thank for you all with r.t. it's good to have you with us today still ahead for you this hour from the basin of life to the hotbed. after decades of mismanagement the water is in one of the

russian prime minister vladimir putin came forward with the idea of creating a unified european energy network secure fast and easy delivery of natural gas from russia to european consumers and help avoid transit problems in this plan that the south and north trains the new pipelines developed by gazprom along with its european partners will be integrated into the system now what else will it take to fulfill this project joining me now is if you chairman of the gas problem management committee and director general of gas export alexander admits that. russian prime minister vladimir putin has been criticizing europe's idea of implementing the so-called third energy package the europeans want to diversify energy market aimed at creating competitive conditions for oil and gas suppliers but putin says this will deter investors from pumping money into the new gas projects but some critics are saying guess prom state of affairs is far from ideal the monopolies biggest foreign shareholder the german consarn on he's planning to sell his gazprom shares worth point five billion dollars on the ot

russia and the european union is a vision for the future that's a message from prime minister vladimir putinand german chancellor angela merkel they've pledged to strengthen economic ties after talking business cooperation in berlin or has more. russia and germany are continuing to move closer together an increasing and increasing cooperation which means russia and the european union are moving towards each other as well russia's prime minister vladimir putin and the german chancellor on go america will have been discussing joint ventures and projects in many spears like energy and car making and other sectors and even talked about the possibility of you know its currency union halls of course and that is something which is really far away at the moment hard to imagine right now but both of them having good knowledged that this is something inevitable which would happen if they continue moving forward with the each other a fifth of a litmus test for the currency union we all realize that it's a derivative of putting the economies together and it depends on the level of the economies developm

and russia's prime minister has been thrill seeking again we look at vladimir putin's latest extreme. but first midterm elections in the u.s. dealt a serious blow to president obama's administration republicans wrote a wave of public frustration with the pace of the economic recovery to win a majority in the house of representatives but experts say it's not the regular voters but big business money that's determine the outcome. this was a special election year in the us for the first time corporations were allowed to funnel as much money as they wanted into political campaigns and they definitely did not miss out on the chance to buy influence on capitol hill we've come to take our government and by big businesses pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the pockets of the republican party that's now in charge of the house of representatives so what was at stake what they're hoping to do is bend the laws and regulations or prevent new laws and regulations from being approved they'll cut in their bottom lines the problem is that a lot of these rules and regulations exist for a purpo

very popular sport also vladimir putin has been leaving the starting line and just in the last few days he hopped into work a rare no one car and went up to two hundred forty kilometers an hour on roads near lending grads in the leningrad region near st petersburg this year vitaly petrov has become russia's first born driver so there's also lots of news about this russia seems to really taken this bull by the horns and with their form being the third most popular sport in the world now after football world cups. and the olympics it seems that it really wants to try and get itself into top gear and to try and get that interest whips up. and i'm sure you'd love to get behind the with one of those cars as well tom tom burton there for us thanks very much indeed. now in a few moments. of business stay with us. this is more region is economically and socially one of russia's better developed provinces the region has a significant scientific and industrial capacity to realize its full potential after the construction of the. park can tell you as he has completed the id parkhouse r. and d. pro

to russia's prime minister has been thrill seeking again we'll look at vladimir putin's latest extreme hobby. but first to iraq where the war has arrived at the economy with estimates suggesting that a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line many resort to illegal means to make ends meet smuggling spirits into neighboring iran where drinking is bad r.t. sebastian meyer follows the blues trail. in northern iraq kurdish smugglers load their horses with hundreds of boxes of booze they're taking into a brain. although alcohol is forbidden in islam a public much of tehran's bourgeoisie can't resist a drink and these smugglers provide them with an extraordinary selection we hear in a smuggler storm in a mountainous area of northern iraq that borders around absolute funky teachers here mr chavez risky black and white. back here we have johnny walker black label we have johnny walker red label over here and we even have over four different kinds of smear not. responsive will cost a smuggler one hundred five dollars in iraq he will sell it into iran for over four hundred miles of

dramatically increased their economic cooperation plus the message from russian prime minister vladimir putin to some of germany's top industrialists business forum in birdland that you're going to spin off is following the discussions russia's prime minister of idea put in is currently meeting with germany's business elite and the discussion has gone a little bit beyond just business. was asked what are the biggest problems in the world that he currently sees right now if you said that this is terrorism this is a racial and religious hatred and economic inefficiency and before that pushing me to. teach at the former focusing on the cooperation between russia and the european union calling for more cooperation and more ties in fact he said that if russia and the european union want to stay competitive in the world in the international economy than it is vital for both to work together he also called european partners not to hamper cooperation between european companies and russian companies once again he talked about creating a free economic zone a free trade zone between russia and the europ

energy efficiency advice coming from vladimir putin during a business visit to germany you can stay with us for those details that story coming up a little later. but first the people of switzerland approve the proposed law to expel foreign criminals from the country the nationwide ban it was initiated by a right wing party the measures had raised questions over whether the swiss are discriminating against immigrants is in zurich for us. so today in a referendum the swiss people have decided in favor of a new law making it mandatory for foreign criminals convicted of serious crimes such as murder and rape to be kicked out of the country now this has been a very controversial issue since the proposal was initially passed and today the decision has been made the swiss are in favor of this law and a change of mentality but this we know what the population wants and they will become stricter towards criminals it doesn't have anything to do with nationalism if you say hundreds of thousands can come and the few hundred because they are criminals that doesn't have anything to do with nationals.

between russia and the european union is a possibility that's the message from prime minister vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel they pledged to strengthen economic ties after talking business cooperation in berlin are going of has more now from the german capital. judging by what we've heard today in berlin on friday russia and germany are continuing to move closer together any increasing and increasing cooperation which means russia and the european union are moving towards each other as well russia's prime minister vladimir putin and the german chancellor on go america will have been discussing joint ventures and projects in many spheres like energy and car making and other sectors joint projects joint investments both in business and science but even talked about the possibility of. currency union of course and that is something which is really far away at the moment hard to imagine right now but both of them have knowledge that this is something inevitable which would happen if they continue moving closer or further let's listen to what was going to post and i have to sa

our prime minister vladimir putin is probably the most important person to do bigger and to discuss our stream i think that some thought the meetings between gazprom and bulgarians i will follow ok so in the past has been pairs of non-cooperation between garia and russia do you think that all of today's visit will be full steam ahead. in terms of south stream construction probably not the point is that there is a. competition project there to book a gas pipeline and bulgaria is crucial country for both of these projects so probably bulgaria. keep up waiting to make a final decision to make. actually to make this decision to preference out from project. export is likely to give a discount to book area. to discount the price of gas for bulgaria by five to seven percent next to three years now if south stream does go ahead this will mean that the gas transit through ukraine will fall by haps by as much as fifty percent so one of the consequences likely to be. well everybody understands that if south stream will be built no modernization of ukrainian gas system all of that so i think it is

russian prime minister vladimir putin may be looking to become the world's fastest moving politicianon four wheels he might have achieved his goal when he hit the race track in st petersburg. the world when there's no space in my old soviet car. that if they have been a little cramped the premier was still able to hit two hundred and forty kilometers per hour and he's a formula one car peyton seems to like yellow cars l.a. this year he tested a new russian highway in a canary colored lager but cars may no been out for the prime yet he's also been known to take the controls of fighter jets bikes and combine harvesters. that's all the news for now more headlines shortly. culture is that so much harder to go for you if you are profitable is the taliban bad guys republican party to make itself felt in washington how will this impact u.s. trade policy in the ongoing war in afghanistan. the moment when the world has changed forever. thousands passed to nothing. it's our sons. linda. nursed her hand to suffer to the end. it was the first but probably not the last military uses of this weapo

level of business which passes between them that was the message from russian prime minister vladimir putin as he addressed some of germany's top industrialists high powered economic business for. you go to prison office now following the discussions and joins us live to give us the latest on all of this. can you just give us the key points of what putin had to say what exactly is he actually proposing. well we did hear some strong words from the russian prime minister vladimir putin was talking about the global economic crisis how it affected both russia's economy and the european economy as well and he talked about how there was a different approach in russia and in europe to businesses both sides for example of what you would approach and said that if during the crisis during the peak of the crisis european business is present in russia were helped absolutely in the same way as russian businesses were by russian authorities according to our situation here in europe was different he said that some russian businesses were simply. help also talked about at the moment. there's some type of d

. >>> coming up, from russia with love, vladimir putin has a new cause.e'll tell you all about it. >> vladimir putin has convened a conference in st. petersburg with the goal of saving the world's endangered tiger population. >> that vlad loves tigers. was given a cub for his 56th birthday. >>> last month president obama traveled to five countries from south korea to portugal. the question now being asked is whether that's a fury driving formulations or a series of individual transactions with regional powers. joining me in the arena ian bremmer president of the u racha group and author of "the end of the free market who wins the war." the question is, is there a foreign policy or merely a series of discreet transactions and does it matter? >> there's no doctrine. despite a nobel prize and despite incredibly articulate articulation of u.s. policy country by country there's no overarching vision for what the u.s. wants its role in a very rapidly evolving world to be. i think it does matter and it matters because your constituents, whether dples particular

currency union between russia and the european union is a possibility russian prime minister vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel have admitted the statement was made during putin's visit to germany on friday the russian premier said the euro is much more reliable than the dollar despite current difficulties in the region putin also said he no longer sees any obstacles to russia's accession to the world trade organization russia and germany agreed to clear a path to include business links and to develop science and technology together and in the meeting with german business when the russian pm managed to lighten the serious mood over energy supplies. the risk if you're serious you know that the german community doesn't like nuclear power i don't want to make any comments. to stern we're going to use the heating. he don't develop nuclear fuel do you go to us. and that was enough to get it through the we have to. thank. we'll still have here on our team from basin of life to hot bed of death. metal like this facing bethel said here abandoned waiting for the sea water to return t

union between russia and the european union is a possibility according to russian prime minister vladimir putin and german chancellor merkel the statement was made during putin's visit to germany on friday the russian premier said the euro is much more reliable than the dollar despite current difficulties in the region putin also said he no longer sees any obstacles to russia's accession to the world trade organization russia and germany agreed to clear the path to increase business links and develop science and technology together at a meeting with german businessmen the russian pm managed to lighten the serious mood over energy supplies. you missed the chases as i say the gym and community doesn't like nuclear power but i do want to make any comments. you actually believe don't understand what you're going to use for heating he didn't gas he don't develop new nuclear power what are you going to use in the woods and all that i suppose if he'd have to get out to. also in this week's news china is seeking to ease tensions on the korean peninsula by proposing an emergency meeting of the six natio

this berkeley's thai telegraph it was a list either it was praise from russian prime minister vladimir putin. mr de caprio not just came to us but simply burst through the front line excuse me if i may but in our country people are usually shelling out all that's what we call a real. and i think a lot of people with such character would be responsible for defending nature or a tiger in this particular case were destined for success but it was a world bank's a major player in the drive to save the tiger its president robert zoellick spoke exclusively to our team at the forum. century ago you would have had about one hundred thousand tigers and now you're down to maybe thirty to thirty four hundred and when you think of those numbers you really realize and this is one of the things that certainly energized me is that within our lifetime this species that most of this grew up thinking was you know part of our ecosystem could be gone could be extinct many people are unaware that the wildlife trade is the third largest illegal trade after arms and drugs so we this will only work if you get suppor

russian prime minister vladimir putin visits berlin with a vision of big trade and economic cooperation. and more pressure on europe's single currency as markets ask -- will portugal be next on the bailout list? north korea has warned that joint u.s./south korean military exercises in the yellow sea planned for sunday could put the peninsula "on the brink of war." china, the north's sole major ally, also warned against any military activity, repeating its opposition to the scheduled war games. p'yongyang has been holding its own war drills with in the south korean island it shelved earlier this week. >> south korean soldiers are on high alert, keeping a close watch on their counterparts across the border. on friday, signs of artillery fire on the northern side spread fears of a fresh attack, attackseoul said no rounds landed on territory. south korea had increased troop numbers after its military was criticized for what some called a weak response to the incident. it has also changed its rules of engagement to allow a more forceful response in future. two south korean soldiers and two c

billion people iran india pakistan and mongolia the associate members russia's prime minister vladimir putin came to discuss ways to smooth economic relations keep the massive borders of its members secure the participants in the summit also focus on developing agricultural trade and humanitarian cooperation as well as fighting the consequences of the global financial crisis while the c.e.o. is not a military ally and its top priority is the regional security of its member states . so let's go to some other stories now right here on r.t. and south korea's defense minister resigned in the aftermath of a firefight with the north korea on tuesday to south koreans killed during the exchange of fire has been returned to the mainland china has publicly called for calm from both sides while the u.s. condemned the actions sending an aircraft carrier to the region tensions are still high on the peninsula with sold anything up its defenses and pyongyang threatening to retaliate against any provocation. iraqi president jalal talabani has given the country's prime minister the green light to form a new

the former oil magnate attacked prime minister vladimir putin and said his trial was a symbol of government arbitrariness. >> the trial was corrupt from the start, in fact and in law. the prosecution is furious and the evidence were fact. >> he is accused of stealing more than 200 million tons of oil from his own company. international observers think the second indictment is a response to his political ambitions. >> this trial is based on such an obviously absurd foundation. if it ends with a conviction of the accused, that means there is no reliable legal protection in russia. >> the court will announce its ruling in mid december. if found guilty, mikhail khodorkovsky could face another seven years in prison. >> he tried to launch an attack on the politics of vladimir putin. few people in moscow believe the judge is immune to political pressure. this is a test of president medvedev's commitment to the rule of law. >> nato should expand its cooperation with china, according to journalist zu guttenberg, now on a visit to berlin -- to beijing. he says the government should work together on p

friends and foes, russian prime minister vladimir putin is mocked as alpha dog, hamid karzai described as driven by paranoia. >> in my conversations one counter part said to me, well, don't worry bit. you should see what we say about you. >> there were no bomb shells and less than 10% of the documents were classified. but administration officials warned the laegs resulted in damage to national security. the white house order aid government review. a memo sent to agencies sunday states failure to save guard classified information is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. >> these folks now don't have trust when they're dealing with the united states, what is done in secret will be staying secret. >> a source says the china was responsible for a widely-reported hack on google's g mail this year calling it a quote, coordinated campaign carried out by government operatives. >> thank you very much. and two american hikers spoke to their families over thanksgiving weekend. it's only the second time that they have talked in more than a year and the families say conversations lasted about fiv

with t rsian counterpart, he expressed concern about the conduct of the millionaire critic of vladimir putin. it is a bad day for the irish taxpayer. it is beginning to look like a bottomless pit for bank bailouts. the disappointing development, which was announced by aib's newa president, it may -- they have been trying to sell the u.k. business, which includes first trust bank in northern ireland and other banks in britain to reach 10.4 billion euros by year's end. shares like bmw and air berlin wall been impressive gains. the general market finished basilly at. we have reaction to news of portables brick through budget. >> it raised confidence of investors while yields went down. it shows that some confidence ended up on the other side. yields of irish bonds rallied again. this shows that the debt crisis will remain focus for international investors. the stock market in general tiptoed into the new week. there is a lot of uncertainty in the market. the earnings season is going on this week. eight companies will report results and investors hope that the its success story will be written f